Paper-holder.



A. E. HOLMES.

PAPER HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED ocr. 25, 1915.

1,178; 59. Patented Apr. 4,1916.

W ff? JImIJLI Il. l .QIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ALFRED E. HOLMES, OF CHICAGO,ILLINOIS.

PAPER-HOLDER.

Application filed October 25, 1915.

To all wwm t may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED E. HOLMES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Paper-Holders, of whichthe following is a specification.`

My invention relates to paper holders and the general object of theinvention is to provide a simple and inexpensive holder which willprevent the paper roll from being removed after it has once beenintroduced into the holder.

With respect to speciiic features of the invention it is my object toprovide spring locking means and means associated therewith forprotecting said springs against excessive pressure by one of the sidearms.

Another object is to increase the rigidity of the structure when inacting condition by so proportioning the parts that the axle will have abearing in the swinging arm.

Another object is to provide means for supplementing the action of thesprings.

Another object is to provide a construction by which the rotary part ofthe holder may be permitted to rotate substantially 360 degrees and thenautomatically return to original position.

ore speciiic objects will appear as the description proceeds.

I obtain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of the complete device. Fig.2 is an elevation thereof partly in section. Fig. 3 is a sectionalelevation on the line 3-3, Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of therotary paper carrier, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the axle uponwhich said carrier is mounted. i

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The bracket or support consists of two arms 1 and 2 connected by a crossarm 3. In the construction shown the parts 1 and 3 are integral, whilethe arm 2 is connected to the cross arm 3 by a hinge 4. When the deviceis in use the cross arm will be screwed or otherwise fastened to a wall5 or other suitable stationary support. The axle 6, shown separately inFig. 5 is rigidly fastened to the Fixed arm 1. According to the designshown. the end 6a of said axle is squared and lits into acorrespondingly shaped aperture in the fixed arm and-the Specificationof Letters Patent.

j Patented Api. a, taie. Serial No. 57,643.

outer edge is riveted over or swaged over on to the outside surface ofthe fixed arm. At the other end the axle is cut down so as to form twoflat surfaces for receiving the springs 7 and 8. These springs areriveted or otherwise fastened in place on opposite sides of the axle,the inner springs suppleinenting the action of the outer springs 8. Theouter springs are longer than the inner ones and have shoulders 8aformed at the outer ends for snapping into and engaging the sides of theaperture 2a formed in the swinging armA 2. These extended springs, whichform a snap lock, are of comparatively thin metal and are protectedagainst damage by the extension 6b of the axle which projects beyond theends of said springs and forms a stop which is engaged by the housing 9which completely incloses the ends of the springs and the extension 6bas the latter projects through the swinging arm 2. Another advantage inthus causing the axle to extend through the swinging arm is that itprevents the axle from being forced out of alinement. Said housing isrigidly secured to said arm in any suitable manner, for example, thewalls may be swaged over as indicated at the points 10 in Fig. 1.

The paper carrier consists, in the design shown, of two parallel rings12, 12, provided with vanes 13, 13. The rings are rotatable upon theaxle and the vanes are fastened to said rings, diametrically opposite toeach other, and arranged in the same plane. The distance between theouter edges of said vanes is somewhat greater than the inner diameter ofthe core lll of the paper roll 15 and the result is, under normalconditions, that the roll will rotate only as permitted to do so by theparts 12 and 13.

Extending radially from the axle is a pin 18 which constitutes a stopfor limiting the rotation of the carrier. Ordinarily. it is desirable topermit the vanes to make a full revolution. This is accomplished, in mconstruction, by forming a notch 19 at the inner edge of one of thevanes which permits this vane to clear the pin. A helical spring 20encircles the axle between the rings 12 and is fastened at one end toone of the vanes and at the other end to the axle. This permits thevanes to rotate in one direction but causes them to return to normalposition as soon as the roll is released.

In operation, when it is desired to fill the holder, a paper roll isslipped over the cairier to the position indicated by dotted lines,Fig., 1. The swinging arm 2 is then rotated from the position shown indotted lines, Fig. l, to the position shown in full lines, the springs 8automatically engaging the swinging arm. T lie extension 6b limits theswinging movement of the arm and prevents the housing 9 from reachingthe ends of said spring and damaging them. After the parts have thusbecome locked, the springs are inaccessible so long as the paper remainsin place. After the paper has been used up, the core 14 is torn off,whereupon the springs .8 are accessible and may, by pinching thembetween the thumb and finger, be made to release the swinging arni.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is Y l. A paper holder having a fixed arm, anaxle supported at one end thereby, a swinging` arm at the opposite endof the axle, having an aperture therein which comes in line with theaxle when the swinging arm is in closed position, springs on the axleadapted to pass through said aperture and engage the swinging arm as thelatter swings to closed position, a housing over said aperture, and anextension on said axle projecting beyond the ends of the springs Copiesof this patent may be obtained for sition, a housing fastened, to theswinging arm outside of said aperture to inclose the ends of thesprings,and an extension on said axle located between saidsprings andprojecting beyond the ends thereof for engaging the inside of tliehousing and arresting it before it can reach theends of the springs.

3. Ina paper holder, the combination of Y a pair of parallel supportinglarms, a non-V rotatable axle supported by said arms, and a rotatablepaper carrier on said axle, said carrier having two vanes extending inopposite directions from the axle,-and aY pin lo# Y cated between saidarms and extending radially from saidfaxle, one of said vanesappreachingclosely enough to said axle to en'- -gage said pin and the other vaneclearing said pin as said vanes are rotated.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my naine. Y Y 1 ALFRED E.HOLMES,

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

